chartered bank

noun

, Canadian.

1. a private bank operating under authorization by the federal government of Canada.

chartered bank

noun

1. a privately owned bank that has been incorporated by Parliament to operate in the commercial banking system

Example Sentences

The notion was simply that of a chartered bank established upon a novel basis and financing upon an original principle.

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The nation has found a paper of its own quite as effective as that which is doled out by the chartered bank.

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Each chartered bank is represented in the membership and has one vote.

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A chartered bank in Canada is a bank of branches, not a bank with branches.

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Since federation no chartered bank has been compelled to liquidate without paying its note-holders in full.

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